MacEwan University recovers $10.9 million lost to scammers

MacEwan University has recovered 92 per cent of the $11.8 million stolen in a phishing scam last August.
The administration says recovery of the $10.9 million is due to a “swift response” by the legal counsel in several jurisdictions, fraud units at the banks involved and police agencies.
In August, low-level MacEwan University staffers were tricked into transferring $11.8 million into scammers’ bank accounts. The majority of the money, $11.4 million, had been traced to ba